They seem a rather humble flower for the brush of Claude Monet, but the great French Impressionist painted a vase of asters in 1880. His immense soft cloud of purple blue perfectly captures the longtime appeal of this low-key fall bloomer, whose daisy-like petals and golden centers provide the ideal foil for bronze chrysanthemums and the burnished flowers of the October garden.
What : Launch of Autumn-Winter ’06 collection of bed linen. Where: Spaces Home and Beyond, City Centre, Shop No. E105. When: Friday evening. Take a look: On the eve of Diwali, Spaces Home and Beyond, one of the lifestyle brands of Welspun Retail Ltd, unveiled a brand new collection of bed linen.
"NO PETROL: 815 KM." The succinct road sign, set against the cayenne-colored outback, drives home how spacious Australia is. No gas for 500 miles, and it's not due to the current oil shortage.
TO my mind, it is the cool-coloured flowers in the garden that evoke a sense of tranquillity. These living-gems capture the hearts of gardeners worldwide.
Correction: The obituary for Vickie Young, published in Tuesday’s Daily Journal, was incomplete. She was preceded by her son, Gregory Pitts, in 1995. Henry E. Sullivan COFFEEVILLE – Henry E. Sullivan, 63, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at his home.
Pronounced dead a thousand times, painting never seems to oblige. Instead, it evolves into endlessly new formats and combinations with other media, and — in the postmodern era — into investigations of painting's own social roles. In Chelsea, exhibitions of "cutting edge" painting often hang a few doors down from ones of more traditional canvases, making for odd juxtapositions of philosophies. A
Fall is a fabulous time to unleash the fungi fanatic within: The produce markets are filled with varieties sublime and strange, evocative and earthy. Dig in!
On its own, the kurinji is a modest little flower, nothing you would expect to send grown men into fits of rapture. But blanket entire hillsides and valleys with it -- millions of blue and purple blooms as far as the eye can see -- and civil servants...